I once worked at a chambers where a tramp was found living in a cubbyhole next to the basement boiler room. Turned out he was a disgruntled ex-client fallen on hard times, hunkered down clandestinely quite a few years before discovery. Likely a Millwall supporter.

A terrified youngster screamed in horror when she opened a bag of hay bought for her pet guinea pigs and found a rotten deer leg with bits of fur and decomposing flesh inside.

Isabel Henderson, was stunned to find the animal's decaying limb in the sack of hay meant for her two pet guinea pigs Ginny and Squeak.

The Bob Martin My Little Friend Meadow Hay had been bought from a branch of Sainsbury's in Woodford, Greater London, on Wednesday morning and Isabel's furious father James now wants compensation from the supermarket giant.